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Arizona Poll: employers should verify immigration status

Echoing the results of an Arizona Republic Poll published today, the poll by Phoenix-based ThinkAZ said that 64 percent of these voters believe that putting the onus on employers would be "effective." Existing U.S. law requires employers to verify employees' legal status and allows authorities to fine organizations that do not comply. However, the law is not rigorously enforced.

The approach that respondents to the ThinkAZ poll support the least is granting "immediate U.S. citizenship or amnesty" to undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States for at least three years. Only about 30 percent favor it...

A 44 percent plurality of respondents said eliminating automatic U.S. citizenship for babies born to undocumented immigrants in the United States would be "effective" in controlling illegal immigration. A proposal to limit access to a public school education to U.S. citizens was seen as "effective" by a leading 42 percent...